Why partners’ attempts to support each other often miss the mark
There are several types of support that relationship partners commonly offer each other: emotional, tangible, and informational. It is not uncommon for there to be a mismatch between the kind of support one partner seeks and the kind of support their partner offers. Learning to discuss explicitly the kinds of help that would be useful in a given moment may help partners successfully support each other.
Emotional Support
People also often have strong preferences as to how to pursue a solution to their problems. It therefore can feel frustrating to have our struggle “fixed” on our behalf in a different way than we would have addressed it ourselves. We also may wrestle with guilt in turning down our partner’s attempts to enact a solution.
When your partner is reaching out to you for emotional support, they are actually making a very practical ask—even if all they want is to share their feelings. Supporting them in processing their anger, comforting their sadness, or regulating their anxiety helps them to move into an emotional state where they feel grounded enough to respond to their own struggle.
NEW: Youth Restorative Practice Group Workshops
Restorative Practice Group Workshops can help youth realize that they are experiencing similar situations in their lives as their peers. It provides youth with the opportunity to work together and to share their internal struggles with others to then develop strategies to navigate their feelings and decisions. These groups are geared to help youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities (ADHD, Autism), social deficits, and Life Skills. The intention of all restorative practices is to teach and practice explicit relationship skills. All workshop series include a one-hour virtual family workshop to help support their children’s learning. Group workshops meet weekly on Thursdays for 6 weeks.
Community Resources
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness events and activities.
www.nami.org
Eastern Shore Mobile Crisis Response Services
Available 24 hours a day / 7 days a week / 365 days of the year.
(888) 407-8018
Maryland Coalition of Families
Dedicated to connecting, supporting and empowering families who are experiencing behavioral health challenges.
www.mdcoalition.org
Wraparound Maryland
Care coordination services for families with children who have severe emotional or behavioral needs.
www.wraparoundmd.org
Important Dates
OCTOBER 2022
5th: YOM KIPPUR (AACPS CLOSED)
6th: Restorative Practice Group Session A-2
13th: Restorative Practice Group Session A-3
14th: CCPS 1/2 DAY
19th: AACPS (Early Dismissal)
20th: Restorative Practice Group Session A-4 / (AACPS Early Dismissal)
21st: QACPS CLOSED, CCPS CLOSED
27th: Restorative Practice Group Session A-5
28th: TCPS Early Dismissal
31st: HALLOWEEN / QACPS CLOSED
November 2022
1st-3rd: QACPS 1/2 DAYS
3rd: Restorative Practice Group Session
3rd-4th: AACPS (Early Dismissal)
4th: CCPS 1/2 DAY
8th: ELECTION DAY / QACPS & AACPS CLOSED
10th: TCPS (No School For Students)
11th: TCPS (Closed)
18th: CCPS (Closed)
21st – 23rd: (AACPS CLOSED)
23rd – 25th: Thanksgiving (Schools Closed)
DECEMBER 2022
2nd: Centreville Christmas Parade (QACPS 1/2 day)
7th: AACPS Early Dismissal
22nd – 30th: QACPS Schools Closed
21st: TCPS Early Dismissal / CCPS 1/2 DAY
22nd – Jan 1st: TCPS Closed, CCPS Closed
23rd – Jan 1st: AACPS Closed
24th – Jan 1st: Wye Oak Therapy (Office Closed)
